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Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov does not have serious influence on the situation in eastern Ukrainian, Ukrainian Security Service head Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said.

“As to Mr. Akhmetov and his possible influence on the situation. We do not see any serious influence on the Donetsk and Luhansk regions now,” the service chief said in a program aired by the television channel ICTV on Monday evening, July 7.

The administration of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said it was skeptical about Akhmetov’s proposal of a peaceful resolution of the crisis in eastern Ukraine.

The oligarch said on Sunday there must be no air raids in Donetsk and Donbas as a whole and the conflict should be resolved peacefully at negotiations.